Saturday, July 19, 2008

Books, books, and more books

Okay, here's the book update, since that's pretty much my life right now:

Finished "Proven Guilty" and "White Night" and on waiting list for next Harry Dresden books. I have to say, they just keep getting better and better.

Tried 2 different series of Laurell K Hamilton and just couldn't do either one of them. They sounded like they were going to be good, but there was just way to much sex in them that I couldn't get around it. You know, a little is okay, but when it's chock full, that's not exactly great literature, or even a good story. Sorry, Laurell.

I actually read half of "New Moon" even though I'm still #16 on the hold list. I cheated. The book was on our hold shelf for someone else, but that someone else hadn't picked in up yet, so I read it while at work. Of course, I had to stop and put it back on the hold shelf when I left work and now I'm more anxious than ever to finish it. I even went so far as the book store thinking I might purchase it and the next one, but I decided that even though it was a good read, that I really didn't need to own it. Wow! That's a first! Now we'll have to see how long it takes to get the book, or see if there's another one on the hold shelf, and that there's time at work to continue reading it. I'm curious about the movie that's going to be based on "Twilight" - I saw some of the print ads for it, and just can't imagine that they'll really be able to pull it off, but I could be wrong!) Also picked up a couple of bargain books on Buddhism while I was there. Can't go wrong with bargain books!

Mom and I had a neighborhood yard sale today (in my neighborhood) and we were reminiscing about neighborhood yard sales when I lived in C-ville. Those were the best! It was very toasty and moist today - not too conditions that go very well together (think, soggy toast), but there were lots of people that came through and we had a good time. Of course, what do I do at the neighbors' sales but buy more books! I got a Margaret Atwood one, some big fat book about the CIA (I can't remember the name of it) and "The River Sutra." I'll let you know what I think.

Pretty soon the next book in Christopher Paolini's series will be out and I have that on hold at the bookstore. That one will definitely be a keeper, cause I loved and purchased the first two ("Eragon" and "Eldest")

Finished another set of classes and got A's in both classes again! Yay! That makes all 5 sets of classes on the President's List. Not sure if I can keep this up, but I'm sure going to try! We're finally done with A&P classes, so that's a relief! We'll now be doing mostly massage of different sorts and preparing for our National Board Exam. We're also getting our massage tables that come with our program within the next week or two. Now I need to invest in a massage chair and a rolling stool and a couple of bolsters and I should be in business.

Hope all is well wherever you are! Namaste!

1 comment:

austrohoosier said...

You sound as bad as I when it comes to reading. Yesterday finally knocked off I Married a Communist by Philip Roth. What an excellent writer! His semi-fictional account of McCarthy-era pogroms left me salivating to delve deeply into post-WWII history.

I'm now racing through Ultimate High: My Everest Odyssey, written by Swedish climber/mountaineer Göran Kropp, which is his tale about a 7,000 mi bicycle trek from Sweden to Everest for an oxygen-free, solo ascent. I first heard of this book years ago in Bicycling magazine and through happenstance stumbled across it at the local library. Since I recently started rock climbing, something tells me more books in this genre will soon grace the pinnacle of my reading pile!

A 'bolstering' revelation: I bought one a few months back for my home yoga practice on Amazon.com. It's made of hemp - highly durable and will soften over time - filled with organic cotton. If you want, I can email you the brand name for their eco-friendly products. As I recall, it was priced relatively reasonably relative to similar products as well.

Glad you're well and staying erudite!

Love, Jeff